Time To Top Up The Tank, The Search For Scorpio & Amazon Could Owe Aussies $$
6/30/202616 min
On the Solo Bureau today, we discuss the fuel excise cut that kicked in at midnight, what that means for petrol prices and whether it should compel you to fill the tank up immediately.
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Guest: Pete Nattrass Principle Advisor Energy and Future Mobility at SA's RAA
Host/Producer Claire Murphy
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First 90 secondsClaire Murphy· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good morning. I'm Claire Murphy. Welcome to the Solo Bureau. Did you try to fill up the car yesterday only to find a queue off the driveway and down the road? Well, that is because from today, the federal government's cut to the fuel excise brought in when the Iran war kicked off and fuel prices got hectic, has now been halved. We're gonna speak to an expert who can explain what that means, when we should fill up, and what a fuel excise is even for. But guess what? It is June no longer. You have officially woken up in a whole new month. So let's get to it. Here's what's been happening while you were sleeping for Wednesday, July one. [upbeat music] Thai police are investigating whether an Australian man accused of murdering a 17-year-old girl is possibly linked to two other unsolved cases in the region. Simon Peter Carmen was arrested on Friday, allegedly trying to leave the country, charged with the murder of teenager Thunchanok Donhomlarp who he's allegedly seen holding hands with on CCTV footage in the lobby of his accommodation. He's alleged to have put her naked body, along with her belongings, into a black suitcase, which was then dumped near railroad lines in Pattaya. Carmen has denied the charges. The Thai police colonel says there's no evidence linking Carmen to the other cases, but that both the other murder victims were